FPSR Sitch

[widac]

This was brought up at a meeting.

Runners on 1st (R1) and 2nd (R2), no outs.

R2 steals on the pitch.

Batter hits a hard-hit ground ball right at the 3rd base bag.

F5 fields the batted ball cleanly and gets the force at 3rd.

F5 is interfered with by R2. (FPSR)

Discusion ensued about the call and I would like to know what you folks thought.

[blindumpire99]

Runners are never required to slide..I do wish NFHS would "clean up" this rule confusion, the confusion coming from the coaching angle interpetation of the rule usually.

If the retired runner interfered with a possible DP, then the runner being played on is out. If you can't exactly determine which one was being played on, the runner closest to the plate is called out by rule..

[widac]

Runners are never required to slide..I do wish NFHS would "clean up" this rule confusion,

It doesn't seem confusing.

[mstaylor]

Explain the interference at third. Did he contact the fielder away or past the bag or was it something else?

[blindumpire99]

No widac, It isn't confusing for me, it's just aggravating to me when defensive coaches try to use the, "he has to slide! It says so in the book, it's a force play!" ect ect.

But I also consider this a $6.95 rule as well...:smachhead:

[noumpere]

This was brought up at a meeting.

Runners on 1st (R1) and 2nd (R2), no outs.

R2 steals on the pitch.

Batter hits a hard-hit ground ball right at the 3rd base bag.

F5 fields the batted ball cleanly and gets the force at 3rd.

F5 is interfered with by R2. (FPSR)

Discusion ensued about the call and I would like to know what you folks thought.

On any FPSR violation, the interfering runner is out, the BR is out and all other runners return to TOP.

[widac]

Explain the interference at third. Did he contact the fielder away or past the bag or was it something else?

Any interference that you would call for the FPSR. This was brought up and discussed as a hypothetical situation to see if anyone would consider getting 3 outs here.

[mstaylor]

Three outs, no. Two, sure.